Budapest is a home to a unique and exciting nightlife that began at beginning of the 21st century. For many, Y2K was the end of the world and civilization as we knew it, with thousands bracing for chaos; in Budapest, it was the turning point… Read More »Biligerent Budapest
My last stop of the journey. I was in Budapest from April 3rd to the 7th and could have stayed had I had my suitcases. My first thought upon arriving was, that it looked like a dirty Vienna; It’s hard for any city to match… Read More »A Troubled Past, A Bright Future: Budapest
On my third and final day in Austria I had planned to make it a day of visiting castles, or “castle day”. Iwent to visit Kruezenstein Castle (pictured above) and had plans to see Lichtenstein Castle. Kruezenstein Castle is located a few kilometers from Vienna on… Read More »Castle day!….kind of
Vienna was a city I didn’t really have a strong desire to see, but it was between Hallstatt and Salzburg; it had an awesome looking castle close by that I wanted to see and it was a logical stop on the way to Budapest. I’m… Read More »The City of Music, Vienna
Tucked between mountains, on the precipice of a lake, Hallstatt is considered to be the most beautiful lakeside village and one of the prettiest villages in the world. The whole village is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To arrive, you must take a train, then a… Read More »The World’s Most Beautiful Lakeside Village: Hallstatt, Austria
On Friday the the 27th of March, I left my apartment at 5:50 in the morning to catch a bus to Madrid so that I could catch my 3:00pm flight to Munich; so that I could take a 2 hour and something minute train to… Read More »The Sound of Salzburg
My last stop on the Journey was Amsterdam. Amsterdam was only about a three hour train ride from Ghent. In Amsterdam I also stayed with a couchsurfer. His name was Jabu and he was oringially from South Africa. He has lived in Belgium for the… Read More »Amsterdam
Of course I had to visit both Bruge and Brussels while in Belgium; Bruge because it’s famous and wanted to go after seeing the movie In Bruges and Brussels because it’s the capital. Bruge: Bruge is located only about a 30 minute train ride from Ghent.… Read More »Bruge and Brussels
I spent my New Year’s in Ghent with a couchsurfer I met the night before. Why Ghent? Why not Ghent. I chose to spend to spend my New Year’s in Belgium for a few reasons. For one, I had to get closer to Madrid after… Read More »Ghent… for the New Year’s (It’s in Belgium)
On my third and final day in the Czech Republic I decided to take a day trip to the town of Pilsen. It is located in the western part of the Czech Republic about an hour and forty minutes by train. Pilsen is famous for… Read More »The Birthplace of Pilsen Beer, Plzeň Czech Republic